Animal-trap.



No. 676,03'6 Patented lune ||,vl90|. A. R. HAMILTON.

AmMAL TRAP.

(Application lad Sept. 18, 1900.) (in Model.)

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ALBERT R. HAMILTON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF FOUR-FIFTIIS TO IIENRY T. HOLLINGSWORTH AND IIORAOE L. CUTTER.

ANIMAL-TRAP.

SPEGIFIGALIION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 676,036, dated June 11, 1901. Application filed September 18,1900. Serial No. 30,419. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. IIAM1LToN,a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles,(with post-office address at 217 IVest Secondstreet, in said eity,) in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAnimalflraps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference ro being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for attaching to objectionableanimals--such as mice, gophers, dac-a bell or its equivalent wherebyother animals of the same nature become alarmed and are driven from thepremises; and my invention consists in certain features of noveltyhereinafter described and claimed.

Figure I is a perspective of my improved zo trap. Fig. II is a frontelevation. Fig. IIIisa section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IVisa front elevation showing a modification of the expansible collar.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a block having an interiorchamber 2, with a front orilice 3 leading to the chamber.

4 represents an orifice in the bottom of the block, connecting with thechamber 2.

5 represents a pendent rod on which bait 3o may be placed, said rodextending into the chamber 2 and being pivoted at 6 to the upper side ofthe block. The upper end of the bait-rod 5 is provided with a catch 7,extending at right angles with the body of the rod.

8 represents a trigger-rod pivoted at 9 to the top of the block, saidtrigger-rod having a long arm 10, adapted to engage the catch 7 of thebait-rod, and having a hook 11 extending forwardly of the pivot 9 andslightly 4o beyond the front face of the block.

12 represents a collar made of any suitable material adapted to expandand contract, and 13 represents a bell secured to the collar.

14 represents pins secured to the block l,

over which the expanding collar is passed in setting the trap, saidcollar being also passed over the hook 11, bearing down upon the sameand causing the trigger 8 to remain in contact with the catch 7 when thetrap has 5o been set.

The block 1 is preferably provided with a recess 15, in which the bellrests when the trap is set.

In Fig. IV, I have shown a slight modification in which a collar 16 isformed of spring 55 metal, being connected at one of its ends with thebell 13, as shown at 17, and having a free end 18, adapted to passthrough the loop 19 of the bell, said loop serving as a keeper for thefree end of the collar. In setting the 6o trap with the spring-metalcollar I pass the collar over a pin 20 and over the hook 1I.

The trap is operated as follows: Bait is secured to the bait-rod 5, thebell is placed in the recess 15, and the expansible collar placed uponthe pins and hook of the trigger-rod, the catch 7 engaging the rear endof the trigger-rod. The animal in attempting to reach the bait passeshis head through the collar and in removing the bait releases thetrigger, 7o which assumes the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. III.The collar thus being released passes from the hook 11 and the pins onwhich it has been placed and contracts about the neck of the animal,leaving the animal free to run about, and in doing so the bell attachedto the collar alarms the other animals and they are thus driven from thepremises.

I do not desire to confine myself to any special form or material in theconstruction 8o of the collar, as any collar adapted to expand andcontract would come within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a device of the kind described, thecombination of a body with means for attracting animals, a recess insaid body, and a detachable contracting device, a bell secured to saiddevice, said recess adapted to hold the bell against movement while the9o trap is set.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a block havinga chamber, an orifice leading to the chamber, a bait-rod extending intothe chamber, a trigger adapted to connect with said bait-rod, a hook onsaid trigger, pins in the face of the block, an expanding collar adaptedto be secured to said hook and pins and a bell connected with thecollar, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of'the kind described, the combination of a block havinga chamber IOO nected with said collar and adapted to rest in said recesswhile the trap is in a set position,

substantially* as set forth.

ALBERT R. HAMILTON.

with side and bottom orifices, a bait-rod extending into the chamber, atrigger-rod adapted to engage the bait-rod, a. removable expansilolecollar, means for holding said collerl in an expanded position on theface of the XVit-nesses:

block and surrounding the side orifice, a re- J. W. KEMP, cess in theface of the block, and a bell con- 1 M. H. KNIGHT.

